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Actor Onoe Waichi II as Watônai, a Heavenly Maiden (Ten'nin) (R), a One-legged Ghost (Ippon ashi) and a Hunter (Karyûdo) (L), from a Dance of Magic-Lantern Pictures (Utsushi-e shosa no uchi)


「うつしゑ所作の内」 「和藤内」・「天人」二代目尾上和市 「うつしゑの内」 「壱本足」・「猟人」二代目尾上和市
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Jôshûya Kinzô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36.5 x 50.2 cm (14 3/8 x 19 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40809a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (shosa, finale of Part 2): Tokiwa no Iro Ôgi no Utsushi-e
Play (main feature): Irohagana Kane no Sashimono
Theater: Nakamura
松朝扇うつし絵(ときわのいろおうぎのうつしえ) 常磐津、清元、義太夫、長唄
いろは仮名金捺(いろはがなかねのさしもの)
中村、二番目大切
1857、安政04、09・18
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 9
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、巳九
彫師:なし
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.